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Drummond

2008 Results

DRUMMOND
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		239/239 polls
PQ	Yves-François Blanchet	11,480	34.40	Elected
LIB	Jacques Sigouin	10,860	32.54
ADQ	Sébastien Schneeberger	9,757	29.23
QS	Luce Daneau	1,279	3.83

All results are unofficial until final ballot counts are verified by Elections Quebec.

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Riding profile: Riding in heart of Quebec. Drummond contains the municipalities of Drummondville, Saint-Charles-de-Drummond, Saint-Edmond-de-Grantham, Saint-Eugène, Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Saint-Majorique-de-Grantham and Saint-Nicéphore.

Riding map: From Elections Quebec: Drummond (PDF) (Acrobat Reader required - download free Acrobat Reader.)

Riding history: Riding re-established in 1890 election. In redistribution before 1989 election, lost nine per cent of voters to Richmond, and in 1992, added St- Eugène polls from Johnson riding (679 electors).

Political history: 1960-1973 inclusive - LIB 1976, 1981 - PQ 1985, 1989 - LIB 1994, 1998, 2003 - PQ 2007 - ADQ

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes - 57.65 per cent; No - 42.35 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 1 per cent French: 98.2 per cent Other: 0.8 per cent Source: 2001 Statistics Canada census

1973	Liberal Robert Malouin defeated Parti Créditiste's Marcel Joyal.
1976 and 1981	Parti Québécois's Michel Clair won in 1976 and 1981. Appointed minister of revenue, September 1979; appointed minister of transport, April 1981; appointed president of Treasury Board and minister responsible for administration and minister responsible for the Year of the Youth, March 1984; minister of energy and resources, October 1985.
1985	Liberal Jean-Guy St-Roch defeated Parti Québécois's Clair by 102 votes.
1989	Liberal St-Roch defeated Parti Québécois's Bernard Loiselle. Resigned from Liberal caucus on Sept. 3, 1992, to sit as an Independent.
1994	Parti Québécois's Normand Jutras defeated Liberal Jacques Arel.
1998	Parti Québécois's Jutras defeated Liberal Céline LeMaire. Appointed minister of public security, Jan. 30, 2002; minister of justice, Oct. 29, 2002.
2003	Parti Québécois's Jutras defeated Liberal Jean Courchesne.
2007	Action Démocratique du Québec's Sébastien Schneeberger defeated Parti Québécois's Jutras.

DRUMMOND
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	237/237 polls
ADQ	Sébastien Schneeberger	15,343	38.55	Elected
PQ	Normand Jutras	12,960	32.56
LIB	Lyne Boisvert	9,476	23.81
QS	Luce Daneau	1,645	4.13
IND	Mario G. Bergeron	380	0.95

Overall Results

Overall Election Results
Party	Elected	Leading	Total	Vote Share (%)
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008, 1:11 AM EST
LIB	66	0	66	42.06
PQ	51	0	51	35.15
ADQ	7	0	7	16.35
QS	1	0	1	3.80
GRN	0	0	0	2.19
OTH	0	0	0	0.45

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